Category Archives: Environment

Help stop Green Belt encroachment

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We have been asked to circulate the following by the London Green Belt council. They are hoping to get sufficient signatures to get it debated in Parliament:

Cease all new developments on Greenbelt and Greenfield sites across the country

Government housing policy is forcing councils to meet aggressive house building targets. This directly causes new developments on Greenbelt & Greenfield. Many councils believe the targets are unrealistic. According to CPRE 460,000 homes are currently planned for greenbelt & greenfield sites.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/267197?fbclid=IwAR2TBVRquTQv7j469x6pXhf–Hl5fB3NyNufYSs5SLv9ryOhDAN5NC-pm88

HS2 and its (lack of) information

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An intrepid team member visited the HS2 event on September 22. Its pre-event billing promised this: See visualisations of the portal structure.

Somewhat underwhelmed, our colleague got a copy of the display boards (download the pdf – 1MB)

Anyone who was expecting to learn details, among other things, of construction noise, operational noise, how the two tunnels will be bored, how construction segments will be brought to site and where they will be stored, how the spoil will be removed, the conveyor belts, the design and visual impact of the entrance, would have been disappointed.

Furthermore, most people’s idea of a visualisation of a tunnel portal would be similar to these….

…. which came as a surprise to HS2 staff.

A footnote from me:

Looking at the main document, I was surprised to see trees in bloom in January:

Even if you use the American date format (why would you?) the picture is still misleading.

Transport disruption in London starting 7 October

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from TfL

From Monday 7 October, there are likely to be a number of demonstrations causing disruption to roads and bus routes across central London. Disruption is likely to continue over the coming weeks.

We’re working closely with the police to manage the impact on our network. Allow plenty of time for your journeys and check before you travel. For the latest travel advice, check our status updates and travel tools page.

Yours sincerely,

Customer Information Team
Transport for London

Tunnel, power supply and archaeology updates from HS2

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This, from HS2:

We will be advertising on Commonplace three events that will be coming up in late September today, with invites going out to the community. The events will allow people to see the plans SCS have for the tunnel portal at West Ruislip and will give other contractors an opportunity to update on other works such as archaeology and the TBM power supply.

The events will take place on:
Saturday 21 September at Harefield Community Centre 11am to 2pm
Monday 23 September at The Barn Hotel 4pm to 7pm
Wednesday 25 September at Ickenham URC 4pm to 7pm